Police: Man stopped on Lehigh County highway, found with 75 fake credit cards

Police: Man stopped on Lehigh County highway, found with 75 fake credit cards

A state trooper stopped a New York man Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 78 in Upper Macungie Township and found he had 75 fake credit cards, according to court records.

Abraham Salah Falah, 30, of Brooklyn, had tried to use two of the cards in Lancaster and Reading, police said, adding Falah's name was on all the cards.

The trooper stopped Falah for an unidentified traffic violation at 3:55 p.m. on eastbound I-78 at mile marker 46.6, according to court records.

Falah was charged with possession of a counterfeit access device, possession of an instrument of crime and criminal attempt at theft by deception. He was arraigned by District Judge Jacob Hammond and sent to Lehigh County Jail under $50,000 bail.